Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick

Hello and welcome to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick. We discuss the things that make you go "Hmm?" — the most pressing topics of contemplation in your mind as you interface with the reality of your day-to-day life. Are you open, curious, and ready to solve the mysteries of why stuff happens? Welco...

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Aug. 31, 2026

AI Isn’t the Future Without HI: Jim Kwik on Human Intelligence & Becoming Limitless Daily - E202

In the age of Artificial Intelligence, Jim Kwik believes our greatest advantage may be developing our Human Intelligence. In this powerful conversation about his new book Limitless Daily, Jim reveals how intentionally training your brain and winning your morning can help you think, learn, focus, and live more limitlessly every day.
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Aug. 28, 2026

The Idea That Ends Most Arguments Before They Start (Whole-O-Graphic Vision) - E201

Your brain is already deciding whether this episode matters before you’ve even heard what it’s about. Today, we’re challenging that instinct with Whole-O-Graphic Vision—the ability to pause, look again, and see what your mind may have missed.
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Aug. 26, 2026

Good Shift - Living Your Life By Design - E200

What if the hardest moments of your life aren’t interruptions to the plan, but part of the blueprint? This episode explores how adversity can wake us up to what truly matters and challenges us to stop living a life that happens to us and start becoming the intentional Architect of the life we choose to live.
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Aug. 24, 2026

He Was Given 12 Months to Live. Here's What He Wants You to Know About Identity - David Linden - E199

Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden, facing a terminal diagnosis, reveals the real science behind human individuality, genes, randomness & you.
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Aug. 21, 2026

The Humbling: The Science of Post-Traumatic Growth - E198

Dr. JC Doornick on his cancer diagnosis, post-traumatic growth, and the mortality awareness that reset his life priorities. Listen to The Humbling now.
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Aug. 18, 2026

Ex-Scientologist Reveals What Really Happens Inside the Sea Org (Tom Cruise, John Travolta & More) - Anne Hill - E197

Anne Gollert Hill spent 14 years in Scientology's Sea Org. She reveals what leaving a high-control group really costs—and how she rebuilt her life.